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India gets the rain in August, but monsoon deficit still widens

India's monsoon rainfall deficit has widened to nearly fourteen percent. Erratic rainfall has hurt kharif crop sowing across several regions. Total area under summer-sown crops is lower than last year. Twelve states recorded rainfall deficits exceeding twenty percent since June. Eastern India may see some relief while peninsular India faces…

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Onion prices may rise further? 30% of Centre’s buffer stock damaged, Kanda Express sent to Delhi as kharif crop faces delay

India's summer onion buffer stock has suffered considerable setbacks due to unexpected rainfall, leading to roughly thirty percent of onions rotting or sprouting. This spoilage threatens to disrupt market supply and hike prices. To alleviate the situation, special trains are now delivering onions to key cities at subsidized costs. Additionally,…

The Economic Times

Kharif sowing gap narrows despite widening rainfall deficit; East, Central India may see improved rains: Report

India's Kharif sowing gap narrowed significantly last week. This progress occurred despite a widening cumulative rainfall deficit over recent weeks. Rice acreage has nearly matched last year's pace, leading the recovery. Other crops like pulses and oilseeds also saw their shortfalls decrease. Improved rainfall is forecast for East and Central…

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Escorts Kubota tractor sales up 19.1% at 13,695 units in June

Escorts Kubota reported a 19.1% surge in total tractor sales for June 2026, reaching 13,695 units compared to the previous year. Domestic sales climbed 19.8%, while exports saw a 4.4% increase. Despite a delayed monsoon impacting Kharif sowing, improved wholesale and retail performance fueled this growth. The company remains watchful…

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Cabinet raises Minimum Support Prices for 14 kharif crops

The Union Cabinet has approved significant hikes in Minimum Support Prices for 14 Kharif crops for the 2026-27 marketing season. Sunflower Seed sees the largest absolute increase. Cotton and other oilseeds also receive substantial boosts. MSPs for all notified Kharif crops are set at least 50% above production costs. Common…

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Release water from Ramanpad to protect standing crops: Jupally

Telangana Minister for Excise and Culture Jupally Krishna Rao instructs irrigation authorities to release water from Ramanpad project to protect Kharif paddy crops.

The Hindu

Rabi crop cultivation makes brisk progress

Despite lack of water in reservoirs, cultivation of Rabi crops in Telangana gains momentum with groundwater usage.

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Paddy raised in record extent of 65 lakh acres this Kharif season: Minister

Kharif season in Hyderabad saw 1.38 cr acres of crops raised, incl. 12 lakh acres of horticultural crops. Govt. expects Rabi cultivation to be in 75-80 lakh acres. Paddy cultivation in record 65 lakh acres, incl. 24,000 acres in Nagarkurnool. Crop loan waiver of 11,812.14 cr for 21.3 lakh farmers…

The Hindu

Odisha hopes for a revival of Kharif crop following a poor start

The Odisha government hopes to revive the Kharif crop in a fortnight after the total crop coverage area under different crops was estimated at 17.52 lakh hectares, about dismal 28.35% of the total cultivated area by the second half of July.

The Hindu

Ryots pray for skies to open up in Andhra Pradesh’s arid Prakasam district

Farmers in drought-prone Prakasam district hope to go for sowing of Kharif crops with revival of southwest monsoon in July. Rainfall activity picked up in July, but crop coverage was only 5% of normal. Weathermen predict increased rainfall in coming fortnight, allowing farmers to sow pulses, oilseeds, coarse grains, red…

The Hindu

Kharif sowing covered on 97% of targeted area in Bidar district

Kharif sowing in Bidar district has exceeded targets for red gram, soya bean, and cotton. Farmers have completed sowing on 4,01,069 hectares (97%) of land, with cereals, pulses, and oil seeds all surpassing their targets.

The Hindu

Delayed rains hit cultivation of pulses, prices on the rise

Rains have caused woes for those living in low-lying areas, but have helped Kharif crops gain momentum in Telangana. Prices of processed pulses have risen 10-20% in the last 3-4 weeks.

The Hindu

Time running out for sowing Kharif crops as rain deficit continues

With hardly 10 days of the right time left for sowing of major Vanakalam (Kharif) crops in Telangana, reaching the planned extent of crops such as cotton, maize, soybean, redgram, greengram and blackgram appears to be getting increasingly difficult as the State suffers an average rainfall deficit of 35% as…

The Hindu

Poor rainfall in Gangetic plains may spike food inflation in near-term: report

According to the Agri ministry's first advance estimate for FY23, Kharif food production is 3.9% lower at 149.92 million tonne

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Immediately order girdawari of damage to crops, give interim compensation: Mahila Kisan Union to Punjab govt

JALANDHAR: Mahila Kisan Union president has demanded compensation for the farmers as thousands of acres of Kharif crops across the Punjab have been flattened, submerged and ruined due to the incessant rains since the past two days.

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Andhra Pradesh: Kharif crop acreage records a fall due to lack of water in Prakasam district

Crop coverage is put at 1.31 lakh hectare as against the normal of 1.71 lakh hectare, suggests data compiled by Agriculture Department

The Hindu

Rice production short of target in kharif season: Centre

However, there could be an increase in maize and sugarcane production, say agriculture estimates

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India imposes 20% export duty on non-Basmati rice

Move comes in the wake of concerns about lower paddy sowing by farmers this Kharif season

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Paddy cultivation sees decline

5.62% decrease in the area covered in 2022 compared to the previous year, data show

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Deficient rains threaten Kharif crop production in U.P.

Uttar Pradesh’s 67 districts recorded deficient rainfall this monsoon

The Times of India

Rain damages kharif crops on 2,500 hectares in Pune

PUNE: Kharif crops sown on 2,500 hectares across Pune district have been damaged because of rain over three weeks of July, a preliminary report from the district agriculture office has revealed.

The Hindu

Rains impact Kharif cultivation badly

Damage to crops is high with less revival chances

The Hindu

Government announces hike in MSP for Kharif season

Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi increases rates for all varieties of 14 kharif crops

The Times of India

Karnataka: Farmers protest inadequate supply of fertilisers

DHARWAD: Rationing of DAP and urea fertilizers by officials at Dharwad Taluk Agricultural Produce Cooperative marketing Society in APMC yard here on Wednesday sparked off protest by farmers who had come to purchase the fertiliser. Good pre-monsoon rains has created conducive atmosphere for the Kharif sowing operations to commence early.

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Water released to Godavari delta to irrigate 10.13 lakh acres in kharif

Early release will help farmers save crops during cyclones usually experienced in winter, says Water Resources Minister

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